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nixpkgs doc: add installCheck phase
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@ -988,6 +988,41 @@ set debug-file-directory ~/.nix-profile/lib/debug
</section> </section>
<section xml:id="ssec-installCheck-phase"><title>The installCheck phase</title>
<para>The installCheck phase checks whether the package was installed
correctly by running its test suite against the installed directories.
The default <function>installCheck</function> calls <command>make
installcheck</command>.</para>
<variablelist>
<title>Variables controlling the installCheck phase</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>doInstallCheck</varname></term>
<listitem><para>If set to a non-empty string, the installCheck phase is
executed, otherwise it is skipped (default). Thus you should set
<programlisting>doInstallCheck = true;</programlisting>
in the derivation to enable install checks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>preInstallCheck</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Hook executed at the start of the installCheck
phase.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>postInstallCheck</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Hook executed at the end of the installCheck
phase.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</section>
<section xml:id="ssec-distribution-phase"><title>The distribution <section xml:id="ssec-distribution-phase"><title>The distribution
phase</title> phase</title>